whats happened here than ?

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

had a go at changing one of my front struts on the chamade today . the drivers side was a non 16v one and the passenger side was a 16v strut .
i took the 16v strut out and stuck the non 16v one i had as spare untill i take the bits of the 16v strut that came off to finish the refurbing job on my 2 16v struts Rolling Eyes

but now ,one side of the car looks a bit higher than the other
drivers side

passenger side

also there are 4 holes for the top mounting bolts for the struts which 2 are you meant to use with the 16v strut and which 2 for the non 16v one ????????

Site Subscriber Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 2317

Maybe the one you put on had a longer spring?

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

let it settle

the 2 back ones are for cars with ps which you should be using.

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

i thought they would settle as that strut has been standing in the shed for a while thus streched up ,makes sense cheers chris

i used the back 2 ones in the end after seeing the one allready on there was using them 2 . but at one point i managed to use a front and a rear one and tightened all up ,i dont know how that happened Rolling Eyes

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

when I got project Y someone had done that, a frotn and rear one on the same strut!

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

Chris H wrote:

when I got project Y someone had done that, a frotn and rear one on the same strut!

would it cause any damage/etc?

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

nah just funny steering.

project Y pulled hard and steering was stiff.